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June 2009 Book Reviews

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1st Big Slick Chess Tournament [02/07/09]

This new tournament, organised by GM Simon Williams, is called the 1st Big Slick Tournament and is a five-round FIDE Open, held at the Big Slick Poker Club (Unit 10, Royal Oak Centre, Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey CR8 2BG). The web address is http://www.gingergm.com/big-slick-chess/. The international invitation tournament is a category 6 ten-player all-play-all (Keith Arkell 2517g, Danny Gormally 2487g, Luis Galego 2454g, Alex Cherniaev 2423g, Simon Ansell 2394m, Gudmundur Kjartansson 2388f, Jack Rudd 2357m, Bob Eames 2312f, Alexei Slavin 2308, Peter Poobalasingam 2240), running 27 June - 5 July • View/Download games from the 1st Big Slick GM Tournament (games from rounds 1-6) • latest scores: 1 Cherniaev 4½/6, 2-3 Arkell, Slavin 4, 4-5 Galego, Poobalasingam 3½, 6-8 Ansell, Gormally, Rudd 2½, 9-10 Eames, Kjartansson 1½.
   In the FIDE-rated open (27-28 June), GM Jonathan Rowson headed the open tournament entrant's list ahead of IM Gavin Wall. Latest: Jonathan Rowson and Mark Rich both finished on 4½/5 in the Open, with Rowson winning the blitz play-off (but only after his opponent missed mate in one!).

BCM Links Updated [14/05/09 and also 19/05/09]

BCM's links page provides you with links to 90+ quality chess websites, with a focus on news, games downloads, history and UK clubs and associations but not restricted to these areas of interest. I update the links regularly, getting rid of ones where content has not been renewed for some time and adding good new links that come along. I use it myself when scanning for chess news and content for the magazine. One new feature, added today, is Leonard Barden's daily column in the London Evening Standard which is now available online at http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/chess. Leonard has been writing it for around half a century* and is within a year or so of becoming the world record-holder for a daily chess feature in a newspaper. Another relatively new website is GM Simon Williams' new blog (called GingerGM! - http://www.gingergm.com/) where he annotates some of his games. Well worth a look as he is one of the most entertaining players around. JS.

LATER (1): Re Leonard Barden's Evening Standard column: when I wrote the above, I hadn't fully appreciated what was planned for it. It seems that, though the column does indeed now appear online on a daily basis, it is now to appear in print only once a week (on Fridays). This is a retrograde step for a column that is enjoyed by thousands of Londoners in the print version of the newspaper, typically when commuting home from work. Although it may or may not reach a bigger audience online, it will probably only be regular competition chessplayers who will seek out the online version. Thus, casual or occasional chessplayers will miss out on this daily treat which must have introduced countless thousands of players to the pleasures of competition chess in the past five decades.

LATER (2): (19/05/09) Good news! Leonard Barden's Evening Standard column has been restored to its rightful place in the printed newspaper. Credit to the newspaper bosses who have evidently listened to readers' reactions (and/or perhaps a few people in high places). *Incidentally, we now think it has been going for rather more than half a century - probably started in 1956...

Frome Open, 8-10 May [12/05/09]

The 20th Frome Open, held over the weekend of 8-10 May, saw good performances from two notable veterans. There was a four-way tie for first place, with two of the winners being 75-year-old James Sherwin and 78-year-old Michael Franklin. Scores: 1-4 James Sherwin (Bath), Michael Franklin (Richmond), Alex Galliano (Wellington), Ieuan Ward (Salisbury) 4/5. Further results may be found at the congress website. My thanks to Jack Rudd for supplying the games. View/Download 76 games from the Frome Open.

4NCL Final Weekend, 2-4 May, Staverton Park [06/05/09]

Above, my short video of the last round of this year's 4NCL

The final weekend of the 4NCL (British Team League) took place over the Bank Holiday weekend of 2-4 May. Live coverage and team scores at http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0809/index.htm while the 4NCL website itself is http://www.4ncl.co.uk/. Most of the interest centred on the showdown between leaders Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher (WGHK) 1 and reigning champions Guildford-A&DC 1 in the final round on Monday. WGHK 1 had a two-point lead going into the last round but a minimal Guildford win would have given them the championship. In a nail-biting conclusion, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant beat British champion Stuart Conquest to secure WGHK 1 at least a 4-4 draw that they needed to wrest the title from Guildford-A&DC 1, regardless of the result of the last two games to finish (on boards one and three). Stephen Gordon completed the requirement for his final GM norm.

Coulsdon Easter International [20/04/09]

The Coulsdon Easter GM/IM Norm International was played from 13-19 April at the Coulsdon Chess Fellowship, 84-90 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon CR5 3BA. The category 6 14-player GM/IM norm tournament was a clear win for Scottish GM Colin McNab. Two IM norms were achieved, by Jan Lundin (SWE) and Jovica Radovanovic (SRB). Scores: 1 C McNab (SCO) 9/13, 2-4 J Cox (ENG), A Cherniaev (RUS), A Madan (ROU), 5-6 J Lundin (SWE), J Radovanovic (SRB) 7½, 7-9 A Berelovich (GER), E Ermenkov (PLE), C Baker (ENG) 7, 10 P Sowray (ENG) 6, 11 D Eggleston (ENG) 5, 12-13 J Rudd (ENG), B Savage (ENG) 4½, 14 R Allicock (ENG) 2. The subsidiary Challengers event was won by D Ian Calvert. Official Home page • View/download Coulsdon games.

Bolton Easter Congress, 10-12 Apr [18/04/09]

Further to the headline listed below (under 'Easter Congresses', Rod Middleton has kindly sent me a full report of this event, with three* games (Haslinger 1-0 Goodger, Mason 0-1 Surtees and Haslinger 0-1 Surtees * 3rd game added on 20/04/09). Click here.

BCM Email Address [17/04/09]

Please note that BCM's former email address of bcmchess@compuserve.com will cease to function as from 30 June 2009. It has long since been replaced by - there is a complete guide to BCM email addresses here.

West of England Open, Exmouth, 10-13 Apr [16/04/09]

The West of England Open, held at the Royal Beacon Hotel in Exmouth over the Easter weekend, was won by David Cutmore. Open: 1 D Cutmore 5½/7, 2-3 J Menadue, G Taylor 5. Major: 1-2 M Abbott, R Thompson 5½/7. Minor: 1-2 G Lingard, A Richards 6/7. Women's Championship: 1-2 H Welch, M Cox 3/7. View/download games from the WECU Open • WECU website.

4th Spectrum Guernsey Open, 3-5 Apr [15/04/09]

The 4th Spectrum Guernsey Open, held at the Peninsula Hotel, Guernsey, was won by Peter Kirby of Guernsey. 1 Peter Kirby (Guernsey) 5/6, 2 Christian Tandy (Jersey) 4½, U165 Grading: Graham Mooney (Jersey) and David Sedgwick (England) 3½, U125 Grading: Matt Kirk and Jonathan O'Connor (both Guernsey) 3, U100 Grading: Heinz Herschmann (England) 3. View/download Spectrum Guernsey games.

2009 Welsh Championships, Cardiff [15/04/09]

The 2009 Welsh Championship, held in Cardiff over the Easter weekend, was won jointly by FMs Ioan Rees and Richard S Jones. Rees beat Jones in their individual game in round four but conceded half points to Tim Kett and Sven Zeidler in the last two rounds to allow Jones to catch up with him again. Scores: 1-2 I Rees, RS Jones 6/7, 3-5 S Zeidler, P Bennett, A Spice 5, 6-7 T Kett, D James 4½, etc. Tom Weston Major Open: 1 Richard Hanscombe 6/7, 2 Stephen Curtis 5½. John Bishop Minor: 1 Jon E Blackburn 6/7, 2 Ashley Davis 5½. View/download 2009 Welsh Championship games (including Major and Minor tournaments) - my thanks to John Thornton for the games and report.

East Devon Open [15/04/09]

Bob Eames came first in the strong East Devon Open, held in Exeter over the weekend of 6-8 March. Scores: 1 R Eames 4½/5, 2-3 Jack Rudd, Dominic Mackle 4, etc. View/download East Devon Open games (my thanks to Bill Frost for sending the games).

Easter Congresses [updated 16/04/09]

Round-up of Easter congress news... Southend - Jack Speigel Memorial: 1-2 S Williams, J Emms 4½/7, 3-5 K Arkell, G Flear, P Wells 4, 6-7 N McDonald, C Ward 3, 8 M Hebden 1. Adam Ashton won the Open - View/download Speigel Memorial games - web page... Surrey Congress - 16-year-old James Adair from Reading won the Surrey Open with 6/7 ahead of IM Graeme Buckley and Rafal Tymrakiewicz (POL) 5½ - full results... Coulsdon Easter Congress - Alex Galliano and Christopher Brookes shared 1st place - full results... Bolton Congress - 1-3 Stewart Haslinger, Martin Mitchell, Mike Surtees 4/5.

Oxford-Cambridge Match, 14 March 2009 [15/03/09]

The 127th Varsity Chess Match between Oxford University and Cambridge University was held at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on 14 March 2009 and generously sponsored by Henry Mutkin. Despite being significantly outrated on most of the boards, Oxford scored a surprising but emphatic 5-3 victory, to make the score in the 127-match series Cambridge 56 wins to Oxford's 52, with 19 matches drawn. Full report • View/download 2009 Varsity Oxford-Cambridge match games

Super-Tournament in London in December 2009 [10/03/09]

Malcolm Pein has announced a super-tournament to be held in London from 11-17 December. The following is the press release:

9 March 2009 - Cream of World Chess to play in New London Tournament

London Chess Centre is proud to announce the hosting of a world-class  chess tournament to be held in London in December, 2009. The event  will be an elite eight-player all-play-all in the most prestigious tournament in the capital since former world champion Anatoly Karpov won the Phillips and Drew Masters in 1984.

Since then, despite London hosting three world title contests, there has not been a tournament in which England’s leading players could lock horns with the world’s best on home soil. The December 2009 tournament will be the first in a series of events designed  to reinvigorate UK chess and promote the game and its undoubted educational benefits in schools and communities.

The tournament will be FIDE Category 19 with an average FIDE rating of 2700 and a minimum prize fund of €100,000. The eight players will comprise of three English and five world-class grandmasters from abroad. Included in the prize fund will be a €10,000 Brilliant Game award along with prizes for each victory with the White and Black pieces. Matches will be covered live online where fans will be able to vote for Game of the Day.

The tournament has applied for membership of the prestigious annual Grand Slam of Chess which culminates in Bilbao and boasts a €400,000 prize fund.

The games will be under Classical Chess time control; 40 moves in two hours, 20 in the subsequent hour then an additional 15 minutes plus an increment of 30 seconds a move until the end of the game.  The tournament will further benefit from the use of Sofia Rules which disallow early draws. Players will receive three points for a win and one for a draw.

The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 10 and will include a blindfold chess display and charity simultaneous. Play will take place daily from Friday, December 11 to Thursday, December 17 inclusive.

The list of players and venue will be announced in April.

Malcolm Pein (IM), Director, London Chess Centre

Major Events: Wijk and Gibraltar [23/01/09]

Two major events are upon us: Corus Wijk aan Zee (16 Jan - 1 Feb) is already well under way - official website: http://www.coruschess.com/ - and next Tuesday there starts the 7th Gibtelecom Festival in Gibraltar (27 Jan - 5 Feb) - official website: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com. Both have considerable British interest as well as super-GM participants. Michael Adams, Nigel Short and David Howell are playing in Corus A, B and C tournaments respectively. In Gibraltar, the super-GM competitors are Peter Svidler, Vugar Gashimov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Viktor Bologan, while the list of UK competitors is headed by Jon Speelman, Stephen Gordon and Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant.

Hastings Congress, 28 Dec - 5 Jan [06/01/09]

The world's longest running congress began its 84th instalment on 28 December 2008 at Horntye Park Leisure Centre, Hastings. Valery Neverov returned to seek a fourth successive masters title, having won outright in 2005/6, jointly with Gagunashvili in 2006/7 and jointly with Malakhatko and Mamedov in 2007/8. Neverov was fourth seed based on rating. The other leading contenders, in rating order, are Emanuel Berg (Sweden), Igor Kurnosov (Russia), David Howell (England), Gawain Jones (England), Stuart Conquest (England), Milos Pavlovic (Serbia), Stephen Gordon (England), Mark Hebden (England), Danny Gormally (England) and Stewart Haslinger (England). Latest: the winner was 22-year-old Russian GM Igor Kurnosov (RUS) with 7½/9. Second equal were Valeriy Neverov (UKR) and Emanuel Berg (SWE) on 7. In 4-7th with 6½ points were four English players, Stuart Conquest, David Howell, Simon Williams and Mark Hebden. Click here for a page of photographs from day one of the congress • Official website • View/download games (all rounds)

Coulsdon Xmas International, 15-19 Dec [29/12/08]

The Coulsdon Xmas International took place from 15-19 December. It was a 10-player all-play-all category 3 tournament with three IMs. Latvian IM Ilmars Starostits won with 7/9, with English players Rawle Allicock and 14-year-old Yang Fan Zhou both recording IM norms. View/download games. Official website.

Bob Wade: The Father of Modern English Chess [16/12/08]

Bob Wade;s funeral took place on Tuesday December 16th at 10.15am at Eltham Crematorium, Crown Woods Way, Eltham, London SE9 2AZ, and was followed by a reception (about 10-15 minutes walk away) at The Jolly Fenman in Blackfen, Sidcup Kent. Click here for a blog entry on the funeral, which was attended by a very large number of people from the chess world. From there you will find a link through to some photos of the day.
   In due course there is to be a Memorial Service in central London. All will be most welcome at all of these. No flowers please. Donations to the Bob Wade Memorial Fund HSBC Bank plc, 122 Finchley Road, London NW3 5JD 40-03-02 Acc # 71555863. This will in the first instance be used for the funeral and memorial service and at the request of the family any remaining funds will be donated to a Junior Chess Charity to be determined.

4NCL, 6-7 December [06/12/08]

There are live games from the 4NCL this weekend - Saturday 6 at 2pm and Sunday 7 at 11am - http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0809/index.htm - this afternoon, if Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant wins, I am informed her rating will go high enough for her to clinch her GM title (update: she did win but it is not yet clear if she has the necessary rating).

West Country Tournaments [04/12/08]

The Beacon Senior and 'Junior' (over 50) tournaments were held in Exmouth from 17-21 November. Senior: 1-2 Raymond Gamble, Ken Norman 4½/5, 3-7 John Dodgson, Trevor Holt, John Gorodi, Hamilton McMillan, Peter Hempson 4. Junior: 1 Graham Blowers 4/5, 2-3 Ian Heppell, Robert Clegg 3½. This was immediately followed by the Torbay Open in Torquay (21-23 November). Open: 1 Mike Yeo 4½/5, 2-3 Steve Dilleigh, Bob Eames 4, 4-6 Dave Ledger, Tyson Mordue, Allan Pleasants 3½. View/Download games: Beacon Senior/Junior 2008 • Torbay Open 2008 (my thanks to Bill Frost for the games).

Play in Gibraltar for Free! [04/12/08]

The Internet Chess Club (ICC), in conjunction with the Gibtelecom Chess Festival, are offering ICC members a unique opportunity to win a round trip ticket, hotel room, breakfast and an automatic seat to the exclusive 7th Gibtelecom Chess Festival, running 27 January 27 to 5 February 2009 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best hotels. You will be joined by many of the world's leading grandmasters, in what is hailed by many as one of the best chess events in the world! This Blitz Qualifier Tournament is open to all Internet Chess Club members. The winner of this package will be determined in a two-stage tournament event on ICC. The time control will be 3 0 for the whole tournament. Visit the ICC website for full details.


 

British Rapidplay Championship, 29-30 Nov [01/12/08]

The 11-round rapidplay event is being covered live at http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk. GM David Howell scored a runaway victory, finishing two points clear of the field. Scores: 1 David Howell 10½/11 (conceding only a draw to Keith Arkell in round four), 2-3 Jonathan Hawkins, Mark Hebden 8½.

† Bob Wade (1921-2008) [29/11/08]

Some desperately sad news: Bob Wade died this morning (29 November) at around 3am in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich (London). He had been suffering from a respiratory illness and had been in hospital since Wednesday (26th). Born 16 April 1921 in Dunedin, New Zealand, Bob had lived much of his life in the UK and became an IM in 1950. He became an international arbiter in 1958 and was awarded the OBE for services to chess in 1979. He won the New Zealand Championship three times, in 1943/44, 1944/45 and 1947/48, and the British Championship twice, in 1952 and 1970. A full obituary will follow - suffice to say for the moment that Bob was enormously popular, universally respected and a very influential player, writer, editor, tournament official and coach. At the same time he was the most modest and down-to-earth man that you could wish to meet. Nobody on the planet loved chess more than Bob and he devoted his long life to it. I am one of thousands who will remember him fondly as a friend and colleague. JS • BCM Interview with Bob Wade (PDF format - from BCM, December 1999) • TWIC Obituary by Mark Crowther • ChessBase obituary • six-minute audio tribute by Jon Speelman and Malcolm Pein (from Chess.FM blog)

Armenia Take Gold Again at the Dresden Olympiad [24/11/08]

The 38th Chess Olympiad took place in Dresden, Germany, from 13-25 November. It was an 11-round Swiss system event for 156 teams, with 119 women's teams competing in a separate event alongside. At this Olympiad, squads consisted of five players for both men's/open and women's teams, and in both events they play four-board matches. Three special rules are being used: (1) no draws under 30 moves; (2) any player not present as the clocks are started loses by default; (3) match points take priority over game points when deciding places and pairings (the tie-breaking procedure is quite complicated - check here on the FIDE website).
   Final Results: Armenia had a wonderful result, retaining the title they won in 2008 in Turin. Sargissian and Akopian both had outstanding performances for them. Open: 1 Armenia, 2 Israel, 3 USA. England finished as per their seeding - 15th. Short lost his final game (to Kozul of Croatia) but still had an excellent result, with a TPR of 2741 and not missing a board prize by too much. David Howell also did very well and could be on the brink of a 2600+ rating aged 18. Scotland finished 53rd, a little below their seeding, but the good news for them was a third (and I think final) GM norm for Keti Arakhamia. Board gold medals: Bd1 P Leko (HUN), Bd2 V Akopian (ARM), Bd3 G Sargissian (ARM), Bd4 D Blagojevic (MON), Bd5 D Jakovenko (RUS - the one bright spot in a poor performance by the favourites).
    In the Women's Olympiad, the winners were I think Georgia, for whom Maia Chiburdanidze had a phenomenal performance, beating both world championship finalists Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan along the way and making a 2715 TPR. 1 Georgia, 2 Ukraine, 3 USA (so the USA did well to win bronze medals in open and women's sections despite 10th and 7th seedings respectively). England started well but faded towards the end, finishing 50th. Scotland were not far behind in 56th place. Board gold medals: Bd1 M Chiburdanidze (GEO), Bd2 A Zatonskih (USA), Bd3 N Kosintseva (RUS), Bd4 Joanna Madjan (POL - 2284 rated but 2621 TPR!), Bd5 N Zdebskaja (UKR).
   UK and Irish teams in men's/open competition: England: M Adams (2734g), N Short (2642g), D Howell (2593g), G Jones (2548g), S Conquest (2526g). Scotland: J Rowson (2596g), J Aagaard (2528g), J Shaw (2469g), K Arakhamia-Grant (2448m), C McNab (2455g). Wales: R Jones (2307f), I Rees (2297c), T Kett (2272), J Blackburn (2175), A Spice (2173). Ireland: A Baburin (2544g), B Kelly (2488m), S Collins (2412), M Quinn (2401), M Heidenfeld (2364m).
   UK and Irish teams in the women's competition: England: J Houska (2399m), D Ciuksyte (2339m), I Lauterbach (2178wm), M Grigoryan-Lyell (2076wf), K Bhatia (2065). Scotland: H Lang (2063), R Giulian (2032), C Wilman (2037), A Officer (1813), R Hughes (1796). Wales: S Blackburn (1883), O Smith (1961wf), J Wilson (1935), M Owens (1783), J van Kemenade. Ireland: G Ui Laighleis (1935), E Shaughnessy, S Cormican, A Coughlan, U O'Boyle.
   Official website: http://dresden2008.de/site/en/main.htm • Live Games and results, Open/Men • Live Games and results, Women • Comprehensive Olympiad Details and Results • PlayChess.com Coverage • ICC Coverage

Britbase Games [24/11/08]

Two more tournaments are available from Britbase: the Milton Keynes Open and the Hampshire Open. My thanks to Arthur Brameld and Sean Hewitt respectively. Mark Hebden won the Milton Keynes Open with a score of 5/5 (Simon Williams and Keith Arkell also played) while Mose Kawuma took the Hampshire title (Gavin Lock made the same score of 5/6 but was ineligible for the title). Milton Keynes results can be found at http://www.e2e4.org.uk/milton_keynes/milton_keynes.htm and results for the Hampshire Open at http://www.hampshirechess.co.uk/

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